There are sometimes some awesome shows/docos on TV and you miss it to your frustration. Since I ain't going out for the next two weeks, I thought I would create a thread for any of your favourite shows, docos, movies etc. coming up on telly, sharing among fellow aussie AF members and following discussions. Just post the TV show and a little snipit of info about the program so other members might be interested in it.

Underbelly tonight, drama series about the Melb drug underground. I missed last weeks epi it starts at 8:30 on CH9

Chasers war on everything Fri night on ABC2 digital at 8:30. if you don't know this show then shame on you

discuss.

I really like kitchen nighmare also ten HD is really good all the documentary

Why do we have soooo mannnyyyy Medical TV series....save the kids, medical emergencies....etc2
I'm so fed up with those series......

who doesn't watch underbelly?!

i dont understand why benji took out dino even tho he was gonna get paid more??

i totally missed the lost worlds on SBS tonight it was something about China's great wall

godfather part 2 was on last night but i missed that too recorded it though

anything good on this week?

i think it was because of a strong sense of loyalty or maybe he was thinking strategically ( dino's boss not sure his name wasn't very powerful)

It was Godfather part 1 ?? wasn't it ?? the one were they spoke Italian a lot ?? I thought it was part 1
ohh on Friday I watch Mao's Long March on Friday on SBS it was pretty good. Especially the dramatisation.
Last night when Godfather was on there was this new TV series that was on too, called Ladette to Lady...I thought it was going to be like Australian Princess but....no no no I was sooo wrong.....I watch for a while then I went on to AF.

who watched fam guy on thurs? god that was hilarious when stewie was controlling chris

i think i get it now, the morans first offered him a deal to fish out dino. dino then counter deals the moran's deal offering more money and benji accepted and got the money. he then double crossed dino killing him so he made twice the amount of money with only one kill

i figured it out when the morans offered to kill carl but carl countered the deal but benji didnt double cross carl stead he was going to kill mark (not sure of the name, the one not dead)
it was godfather two with robert de niro, part one was on during the long weekend

what's mao's long march about? i remember watching a mao doco but i just found it boring :S

I just finished watching the first episode of LOST...It was good, very emotional, dramatic, thrilling and full of mystery.
but seriously they do to much of a flashback...I'm confused of everything now...anyone watch it and understands it ??? care to explain ?

Anyone just fin watching inner senses on SBS? i did abit of research and the main actor leslie cheung committed suicide only a few years ago
The movie was alright, was kinda cheesy at the end.

When I saw the first episode of Lost I thought that it was intriguing and well-made.
A few episodes later I became totally frustrated with the soap opera flashbacks that all these annoying characters continue to have. The producers are hellbent on milking their slick sci-fi-soap-opera for all they can get. I really hate it now and could not be bothered to waste my time on this heavily-padded load of crap.

When I saw the first episode of Lost I thought that it was intriguing and well-made.
A few episodes later I became totally frustrated with the soap opera flashbacks that all these annoying characters continue to have. The producers are hellbent on milking their slick sci-fi-soap-opera for all they can get. I really hate it now and could not be bothered to waste my time on this heavily-padded load of crap.

When I heard about his suicide on 1 April 2003, I thought it was a bad April Fool's joke.
Later his suicide note revealed he was suffering from severe depression.
I do not remember the note mentioning any specific reason why he wanted to kill himself, but I suspect it had something to do with the break up of his long relationship with banker Daffy Tong Hok-Tak. I think I recall his old friend, the famous pop star Anita Mui, saying something about how Hong Kong society was tolerant of Leslie Cheung's bisexuality only as long as he kept it in the closet.

Inner Senses was the last movie that Leslie Cheung completed.
I watched it on SBS TV and thought this is just like what happened to him in real life - his inner demons and ghosts drive him to madness and he is standing on the edge of a building ready to commit suicide.
Too bad that his final movie was a dud.
Like many Hong Kong horror movies, this one was also full of wacky wide-angle close-ups and cheesy style and predictable outcomes.

SBS in April is showing Asian horror movies every Wednesday night.
Last week's Korean film, A Tale of Two Sisters, had far more sophisticated stylistics and some genuinely skin-crawling creepy scenes.

Next week SBS will be showing The Eye, followed the week after by The Eye 2.

yeah i felt that too, kinda threw me off how that movie somewhat related to cheung. a trigger perhaps?

thanks for the heads up in asian horror movies, SBS did a similar thing with some of the best korean movies last year. they showed old boy, memories of murder; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring and another movie which i didn't really watch which i thought was below par to the rest of the korean movies

A-SPAN: it's the new 24/7 pollie telly
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A new TV channel dedicated solely to politics will give political tragics a new way to drive their families mad, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

A-SPAN, or Australian Subscription Public Affairs Network, will begin broadcasting on January 20 next year with live coverage of the inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama.

Operators say it will become part of the subscription TV platform and will be available for broadcast as a free-to-air digital channel, online and on mobile phones.

A joint initiative of Foxtel, Austar and the Australian News Channel (ANC), provider of Sky News, it will be an Australian version of US network C-SPAN, which provides live coverage of the US Senate and Congress.

ANC chairman John Hartigan said the venture's partnership with C-SPAN meant Australian parliamentary proceedings would be made available for broadcast in the US.

Launching the new service at Parliament House in front of guests including the US ambassador to Australia, Robert McCallum, Mr Rudd said Australian question time might pose some challenges for US audiences.

He mused that Americans would require subtitles for insults such as "scumbag" and "sleazebag" which could be translated into "not a desirable person" and "an even less desirable person".

"Political junkies will of course love it, they'll now have one more way to drive their family and friends absolutely mad," Mr Rudd said.

He described the new network as "a good thing" for our democracy and valuable to educators, students and all Australians who want to understand how democracy works.

The venture jumps ahead of the ABC, which a few months ago announced that it was considering a dedicated news and public affairs channel.

The chief executive of Sky News, Angelo Frangopoulos, said A-SPAN would be available on pay TV from January 20.

He expected it would initially be available on free-to-air digital TV only in Sydney.

Former Nine and Seven network political correspondent Laurie Wilson will host a program on A-SPAN, which will also provide broadcasts of the British and New Zealand parliaments and question time from parliaments in Queensland, NSW and Victoria, with more to come.

There will also be live broadcasts of speeches from the National Press Club, think-tanks such as the Lowy Institute and the Sydney Institute, and from universities.

AAP